52 PCWorld JULY 2019REVIEWS MSI GS65 STEALTH THIN
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replacements will likely they
spend most of their life on a
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mat get called into service
because they’re more mobile.GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q laptops, which
operate in similar size and thermal limits. The
GTX 1660 Ti in the GS65 can even hold its
own against laptops with full-fat GeForce GTX
1070 in larger and thicker laptops. That’s a
win in our book.
To back up our synthetic tests we also run
real games, and the results pretty much track
as expected. In Rise of The Tomb Raider at
1920x1080 resolution set to Very High quality
and in DX11 mode, the GS65 Stealth Thin’s
GTX 1660 Ti runs away from the older GTX
1060, keeping pace with most GeForce GTX
1070 and GTX 1070 Max-Q laptops.Rise of the Tomb Raider echoes our synthetic 3DMark results for the
GS65 and its GeForce GTX 1660 Ti GPU.Alienw(Core i9-9900K)are Area-51m R1
M(Core i7-8750H)SI GS75 Stealth
Origin PC EVO-17S
(Core i9-8950HK)
Acer Predator Titan 500
(Core i7-8750H)
MSI GS65 Stealth Thin
(Core i7-9750H)
Acer Predator Helios 500 (Ryzen 7 2700)
M(Core i7-8750H)SI GS65
Dell G7(Core i7-8750H)
Dell XPS 15 9570(Core i7-8750H)Rise of the Tomb Raider
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43.2BATTERY
PERFORMANCE
Our last test looks at the
all-important battery
performance. While large
desktop replacements will
likely they spend most of
their life on a desk,
portable gaming laptops
mat get called into
service because they’re
more mobile.
MSI’s design cues for
the newest GS65 follow
what it did for the original
GS65: It puts in a decently-
sized battery of 80 watt-
hours instead of saving on
weight and size with a
smaller one.
MSI also skips Nvidia’s G-Sync
technology, which means when the discrete
GPU isn’t in use, the laptop can run off the
CPU’s graphics cores and save power.
It all adds up to about six hours of
battery life when playing a 4K video in